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For Black History Month: Three Stirring Biographies
By Lauren P. Gattilia
Celebrate Black History Month with new books based on the lives of three influential African Americans: Harriet Jacobs, Harriet Tubman, and Rosa Parks. Although their personal stories differed, all three women played pivotal roles in the ongoing struggle for freedom and equality for all Americans. --01/31/2001
Activity Books for Hands-on Fun!
By Lauren P. Gattilia
Do you want to try a recipe based on Native American cuisine? What about easy-to-sew hats and mittens of super-soft fleece? For dozens of engaging, entertaining, and enjoyable projects, try two great new activity books for children ages nine to 12. --01/24/2001
Two Books Help Imagination Take Wing!
By Lauren P. Gattilia
Two new books explore the ideas of being an individual, having a gift, and fitting into society through stories of children who grow wings. --01/17/2001
Extraordinary Americans Profiled in Book Series
By Lauren P. Gattilia
Two new installments in the Extraordinary People book series provide middle school kids with dozens of role models, from the talented people who shaped the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s to the gifted women who broke through gender barriers in sports. --01/10/2001
Move Into The Future
By Lauren P. Gattilia
A look into current technology to see how life in the 21st century might look. A world in which the future can hinge on the role played by society's artists. A boy living at the time of the plague wonders about the upcoming second millennium. This week's books examine the idea of "the future." --12/20/2000
Four More Holiday Books
By Lauren P. Gattilia
This week, Education World adds to its list of holiday resources with Christmas and Hanukkah books for the youngest readers that feature flaps that lift and wheels that spin, a book of Christmas poems, and for older readers, a guide to holidays celebrated the world over. --12/13/2000
Books for the December Holidays
By Lauren P. Gattilia
Read about a hapless deli owner who takes Santa's place on Christmas Eve. Learn about the history and the observance of Kwanzaa. Join a young girl as she discovers for herself what Hanukkah is all about. Follow the exploits of two naughty trolls who try to have Christmas -- by stealing it. This week's books explore the true meanings behind the holidays. --12/06/2000
Make a Place for These Books About Space!
By Lauren P. Gattilia
What is living in space like? How did the universe begin? Are there other worlds like ours? Children often have seemingly endless questions about space. This week, Education World looks at four books that answer students' questions and provide additional fascinating facts, stories, and activities to help make the study of space fun, educational, and exciting. --11/29/2000
Kids Can Explore the World With Four Great New Books
By Lauren P. Gattilia
For National Geography Awareness Week, Education World has found four great new books for elementary school children. Two atlases from National Geographic Society target different age and skill levels. A picture book makes mapmaking easy and relevant for kids. A pop-up book provides hands-on entertainment while introducing the basics about the world in which we live. --11/22/2000
The Last Book in the Universe
By Lauren P. Gattilia
Education World celebrates National Children's Book Week with a review of an exciting new futuristic book for young adults from Rodman Philbrick, author of Freak the Mighty. In The Last Book in the Universe, Philbrick presents a chillingly believable society in which books and storytelling have all but disappeared, leaving people cut off from their past and therefore from the future. --11/16/2000
Tales of the RAF
By Lauren P. Gattilia
In the spring of 1999, Hindsight Limited published Scramble!, the first in a six-book series for reluctant readers, centered around a 12-year-old boy growing up in England during World War II and the Royal Air Force fighter pilots he befriends. The Tales of the RAF series was written to appeal to eight- to 12-year-old boys who have difficulty finding age-appropriate books that suit their interests. Author Don Patterson has since discovered that the series appeals to a much broader audience. --11/15/2000
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